Abstract

Extracted from text ... SA Pharmaceutical Journal - September 2006 54
Crystals and gemstones have been used for
thousands of years for healing, protection,
decoration, physical adornment, magic and in
religious ceremonies. They are said to be the
most organised and stable examples of
physical matter in the natural world and as
such they represent the lowest state of entropy
(disorder) possible.1 Examples of crystals are
agate, alexandrite, amber, amethyst, aquamarine,
bloodstone, cat's eye, chrysolite,
citrine, coral, diamond, emerald, garnet, jade,
malachite, onyx, opal, pearl, rhodonite, rose
quartz, ruby, sapphire, sugilite, tiger's eye,
topaz, tourmaline and turquoise.
Countless magical and medicinal properties
have ..